Gorkha Earthquake Response

2015

Disaster Management Division

Ministry of Home Affairs

2015 June 25

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Gorkha Earthquake 2015

An earthquake of 7.6 Ml, 7.8 Mw struck with epicentre around Barpak, Gorkha District (40 Second Strong Shaking) at 11:56 local time on April 25, Saturday

A heavy aftershock of 6.6 Ml at 12:30 hrs in the same area of Gorkha

Several aftershock felt, including 6.9 Ml on 26 April and 6.8 Ml on 12 May; the total number of aftershock of greater than 4.0 Ml is 328 (to-date)

The tremor was felt all over Nepal, and in Tibet, Sikkim, Bihar, Utter Pradesh and Delhi

Created devastating impact in the Kathmandu Valley and other more than 30 districts of the country

After 1934, this was the most devastating quake (after 82 yrs) that the present generation has experienced

Earthquake and After Shocks, total 328

April 25 EQ

May 12 AS

Immediate Response Activation of National Emergency Operation

Center (NEOC) at 4th level

Immediate Rescue Operation started, security forces mobilised

Standby Hospitals and health facility, treatment started in no time

Immediate Relief Distribution

Prime-Minister's Appeal

Search, rescue and relief related Government machinery activated immediately

Security situation maintained

Activation of DDRC at earthquake hit districts, mobilisation of district level security forces for response

Community people involvement along with security forces

Activation of Higher Government Authorities Meeting of CNDRC after two hours, at 14.00 hrs, made

major policy decisions including

Accelerate SAR and Relief operations timely and effectively

Standby free Medical treatment

Activation of all government and non-government agencies

Several consecutive CNDRC meetings held on 27 April, 30 April, 3 May, 10 May and 12 May.

Cabinet Decision after four hours, at 16.00, made majorpolicy decisions including

Emergency declared at severely affacted14 districts

International appeal for effective search, rescue and relief

Mobilisation of the Prime-Minister Relief Fund

The CNDRC Decisions endorsed

Secretaries Meeting, led by the Chief Secretary, activated the all government agencies

Establishment of Central Command Post, headed by the Home Secretary

NEOC Building

Declaration of Emergency

Government of Nepal declared emergency to 14 highly affected districts for one month

The 14 districts are : Gorkha, Sindhupalchowk, Dhading, Kavre, Dolakha, Nuwakot, Ramechhap, Sindhuli, Rasuwa, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Makwanpur and Okhaldhunga

Special power was given to the Chief District Officer (CDO), as per Basic Goods and Services Control Act, 2017BS and Natural Disaster (Rescue) Act, 2039 BS to handle basic utility services and to make search, rescue and relief operation effective

Basic utility services and market were made functional and regulated accordingly

Search, rescue operation and relief distribution were expedited

National Search and Rescue

66069 Army,41776 Police,24775 Armed Police Force, 22500 Civil Servants were mobilized for search, rescue and relief operation

Altogether 7762 people were rescued by helicopters and 4689 were rescued by land transportation

National Security Forces were heavily involved rescuing buried and wounded people from rubble

All injured and rescued people were given immediate free medical treatment

1116 tons relief materials were airlifted to the very remote mountain areas

Helicopters Numbers Flights

Nepalese Army 10 1958

Private Sector 6 745

Indian Air Force 13 1177

USA 7 287

Chinese 3 74

Total 39 4241

Pokhara Base Flights 458

G Total 4699

Helicopter Mobilization

Appeal for International Assistance

Appealed for international support in Search, Rescue and Relief on 25 April

Various arrangements were made to facilitate incoming of the International humanitarian actors: special arrangement in Immigration offices, Visa fee exemption, Customs clearance-model agreement etc

Ministry of Foreign Affairs facilitated International SAR Teams and relief support

MNMCC at Nepalese Army and OSOCC at UNOCHA were made operational under the policy leadership of NEOC, as per the NDRF and UNISARAG Guidelines

More than 1400 medical professionals from 78 International Medical teams were mobilized in coordination with MOHP

After a week of devastating quake, CNDRC meeting on 2 May 2015 acknowledged the efforts of International SAR Teams and requested to make their exit plans

International Search and Rescue Teams

Total of 4,521 SAR personals from 34 countries and 141 canines were mobilized for SAR operation

International rescue team rescued 16 lives from the rubbles and recovered many dead bodies along with our National Security Forces

Rescue teams were from various 34 countries : Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Bangladesh, Canada, China, France, German, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordon, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherland, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA

Cluster lead/co-lead

SAR and Logistics Cluster MOHA /WFP

Health Cluster MOHP /WHO

WASH MOUD/ Unicef

Nutrition Cluster MOHP/Unicef

Emergency Shelter Cluster MOUD/ IFRC

CCCM Cluster MOUD/IOM

Food Security Cluster MOAD/WFP

Education Cluster MOE/ Unicef

Protection Cluster MOWCSW/UNFPA

Emergency Telecommunication MOIC/WFP

Early Recovery Network Cluster MOFALD/ UNDP

Activation of Cluster

Tarpaulin MOUD

Food Items MOCS

Dry Food MOI

Health related equipment MOHP

Import of relief items MOFA

Management of heavy equipment MOPIT

Medicine MOHP

Shelter coordination MoHA

Specific Ministries are assigned for the

procurement of relief items.

Relief Distribution

NFI Food Item Tent/Tarpaulin

Blanket

Mattress

Solar Light

Clothes

Soap

Hygiene kit

Water purifying tablet

Dead Body Bag

Generator

Rice

Sugar

Salt

Noodles

Bhugiya

Bitten Rice

Water

Biscuit

Dalmot/Dry Food

Bean/Lentil

Other Relief Items Medicine

Hygiene Kits

Shelter Kits

Protection/Dignity Kits

Baby kits

Blankets to Pregnant and Lactating women; and senior citizens

Relief Received from

Member States(central government)

State Gov. of Neighboring Countries

UN Agencies/Specialized Agencies

Red cross movement

Local government

International NGOs

NGOs, Civil Society, Community Orgn.

Business Houses/Business Groups

Individuals

Relief Received from the Countries through government warehouse

Azerbaijan

Algeria

Bangladesh

Bahrain

Bhutan

Canada

China

Germany

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Israel

Japan

Korea

Kuwait

Malaysia

Myanmar

The Netherland

Oman

Pakistan

Poland

Russia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Switzerland

Thailand

Turkey

Relief Facilitation

Three Warehouses at Center Level

HSA at Tribhuvan International Airport

Food Corporation Warehouse at Thapathali

National Trading Limited Warehouse at Singh Durbar

At central level, a committee was formed comprising of Secretary of MOHA, MOUD and MOCS for the decision of Relief Distribution.

Facilitation on Relief Items A team of JS of MOHA, MOFA and MOF stationed in

the Warehouse of TIA in order to facilitate in releasing relief items

JS of MOCS responsible for managing warehouses at Nepal Food Cooperation and National Trading Ltd

A team of CDO, LDO, Chief of Custom and NP was formed for custom clearance at border points

Monetary Relief to Victims

• Rs. 5,000 for fully destroyed house • Rs. 3,000 for partially damaged

house• Rs. 2,000 immediate Relief for Food• Rs. 40,000 per death to the family • Additional Rs. 100,000 to each

family that has lost lives• Rs. 15,000 to fully destroyed house

for temporary shelter

Death Tolls - 8,831

Injured - 22309

House Fully Destroyed 591647

Funding for Disaster Response

Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund at OPMCM

Central Disaster Relief Fund at MOHA

GoN has announced to establish a Reconstruction Fund and allocated 2 billion Nrs for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the damaged buildings, cultural and religious structures.

Several national and international proposals are coming up for it

PDNA is with leadership of NPC

This Donors conference to provide assistances in reconstruction will have high value for the reconstruction process of Nepal

Amount released from PM DR fund Rs. 12,000,000,000 (12 billion)

Amount released to District DR Fund Rs. 8,583,500,000 (8.58 billion)

Amount released to different Ministries Rs. 1,040,000,000 (1.04 billion)

Amount Released to Security Forces Rs. 410,000,000 (410 Million)

Flow of Funding

Achievements 7000 out of 22,000 injured (40%) rescued by Air Ambulance from the

most difficult terrain of the country and, possibly, the world

Effective free treatment of emergency in both private and public hospitals; within 72 hrs Emergency Rooms in major hospitals were made empty by treating all victims

5 million people in 49 districts were camping outside house for a month, in spite of which the overall situation of law and order was maintained

Smooth supply of drinking water, restoration of communication, no long queue in Bank and shops, holding of public goods (black marketing) effectively controlled

Successfully managed a safe passage to the exodus of around one million affected people from Kathmandu within one week

Successfully managed to deliver the immediate relief to all affected people within one month

Probable epidemic outbreak was fully controlled

Day to day life of the people came back to normal within one month

Effective Management of Dead Bodies

Possible ways for improvements

Develop standard operating procedures in customs clearance during disaster

Centralized data entry/collection for victim identification and relief distribution

Effective co-ordination for information collection from locals, civil society, crowd sourcing

Better co-ordination with NGO/INGOs in relief distribution to avoid duplication

Mainstreaming DRR into development planning and implementation process

Budget code for disaster management, both at central and local level

Enhancing National Search and Rescue Capacity and air rescue capability

Sufficient storage for relief distribution of food and non-food items

Reconstruction and recovery, build back better

The way forward

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